#primsys

- Some littles are less responsible and emotionally mature than adults, and some are equally responsible and emotionally mature.

- Some littles don't have access to adult memories and knowledge, and some do.

- Some littles formed in childhood, and some formed later in life.

- Some littles age or emotionally mature over time, and some don't.

- Some littles need to be sequestered away with other littles, and some can socialize with adults both in and out of the system.

- Some littles have childlike interests and enjoy media and hobbies associated with kids, and others have broader tastes in activities.

- Some littles need to be kept away from potentially mature content, and others are fine with seeing violence, swearing, sexuality, etc. in media.

- Some littles need to be kept off of social media for their own wellbeing, and some can safely use and enjoy social media.

- Some littles can't do certain tasks adult members can do (driving a car, cooking, managing money and doing taxes) and some can.

- Some littles need to be frequently supervised and have decisions made for them by older members of the system, and some don't need special supervision or guidance at all.

- Some littles are completely asexual and may find exposure to sexuality distressing, and some have sex drives and can consent to sexual activities.

Any discourse questioning "can littles do X?" should be answered with "it depends on the little". Individual systems should be trusted to make decisions that work for them. Judgment calls can be made by the little in question if they have that level of maturity, or by older members of the system if they need that kind of help. But I don't think those decisions should be enforced by people who aren't members of that system. (With the exception of the specific people involved in a sexual activity, who can give or rescind their own consent.)

In my opinion rules in online environments should accommodate littles, not make assumptions and box them in. For example, little-specific Discord channels - great! Littles are ONLY allowed to use little-specific Discord channels - not so great.

I honestly think the shift from personal essays to quadrobics and masks has a lot to do with a shift from primarily written content to primarily visual content. Old school forums full of written discussions were a very different environment than something like TikTok, which is naturally going to be appearance-based given that it's primarily a video platform. That's not to say that photos and other visual content were never posted on older sites, but they weren't the majority of substance in those spaces. There seems to be a more collectively introspective community on Tumblr, which also happens to be a site that values written content as much or more than visual. As a generalization, on here we get reach through stories and discussions that others find relatable or interesting, while TikTok algorithms provide reach based on aesthetic appeal.

This is what I mean when I say misgendering a trans criminal, a trans problematic social media personality, a trans rude celebrity is transphobia. Like anyone else I have no desire to coddle or compliment a person I find reprehensible - but gendering trans people correctly isn't coddling or a compliment.

Monomemory

Monomemory refers to a system where all members' memories are stored as one continuous stream of events and in one point of view. This is opposed to memories being remembered differently, separately, or only by individual members.

Monomemory exists in a venn-diagram with the term "monoconscious", but refers specifically to memories and may be used additionally or instead of that term.

Our experiences (some might not be universal):

We're referring to roles as terms for things you individually do, whether that's something conventional like "protector" or "caretaker", or more niche and personal terms.

One experience that I (host) have had over the years is the delusion that stuffed animals are conscious and can speak to me. A couple years ago I encountered the POSIC (Perception of Object Sentience, Individuality, and Consciousness) community, which encourages the idea of object sentience and forming deep personal relationships with objects - this can be a delusion or a non-disordered belief, and many find these relationships deeply rewarding.

As a result I chose to spend time befriending my stuffed animals and having conversations with them. Their voices weren't hallucinations per se - their words appeared as "thoughts" in my mind, but I believed they were coming directly from the stuffed animals. I learned recently that this is called "thought insertion" - when the psychotic brain mistakes regular internal thinking for alien thoughts being put into one's mind by an outside force.

Well, I recently discovered two previously unknown members... apparently, some of these stuffed animal personalities became "stuck" in my head and never left. I can talk to them without having the objects on hand, as they've fully disconnected from their mental ties to them. They appear to function identically to any other system member, which ironically means they are conscious, just not as Animistic object souls like I previously believed. (No, I don't believe "their souls" entered my body or anything along those lines. Medications are reducing my delusional thinking, for one thing.)

One of the new folk has an appearance that's completely different than the stuffed animal, and chose a new name he prefers better. His personality is roughly the same but his species is no longer frog stuffed animal-related at all. (Strangely, he's human and a mouse.) On the other hand... the second new member is literally a stuffed animal. She looks like one in our mind, identifies as one, is no different from the original. She feels no attachment to the exact object she originated from - she's her own person now, she just happens to be a perfect clone of it.

I know this isn't a whole lot of options, but it seemed like it was either put the few broadest terms or get into hyper-specific labels and then there's more than I could fit. I apologize if I forgot something obvious! Looking forward to any comments of what terms you folk like to use :)

I wrote a short description of daemonism as part of a personal project, then thought it might be helpful to post it on Tumblr given the dearth of daemonism content here. Let me know if anything is missing or inaccurate. Plurality is referenced because that's where I'm coming from as both a daemian and a system host.

The practice of daemonism was originally inspired by Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" book series. While in the books daemons are an animal-shaped, innate, physical manifestation of a person's soul, in this community daemons are thoughtforms which are actively created or discovered. A daemon supports the person that formed them (who is called a "daemian") and potentially acts as a connection to their subconscious mind, providing comfort, advice, and wisdom through an internal dialogue.

Daemons are shapeshifters that primarily take animal forms. These forms are brought to life via "projection", a visualization technique which involves projecting the mind's eye onto the physical world, allowing the daemon to move around one's surroundings rather than existing purely in one's mind. The image of the daemon is not a physical body or a visual hallucination, but instead a form of purposeful imagination.

Daemonism can also involve "form finding", ie. combining analysis of the daemian's personality with animal symbolism or behavior to find a species that fits as the daemon's true form. True forms are often not the only species that daemons appear as day-to-day (since daemons can shapeshift) but they're a meaningful part of the daemian's identity.